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Artificial Intelligence

AI summit at White House
May 10, 2018, 2:19 PM

White House convenes AI summit and sets up advisory panel on artificial intelligence

The White House brought together scores of industry representatives for a summit focusing on artificial intelligence and its policy implications… Read More

3-D cell visualization
May 9, 2018, 12:01 AM

Biologists use artificial intelligence to flesh out 3-D views of a cell’s inner workings

What happens when you cross cell biology with artificial intelligence? At the Allen Institute for Cell Science, the answer isn’t… Read More

May 8, 2018, 9:47 AM

Amazon, Facebook and other big companies to attend a White House AI summit Thursday

Dozens of the nation’s biggest companies — including Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google — will attend a White House Summit… Read More

XNOR.ai computer vision
May 8, 2018, 8:00 AM

XNOR.ai raises $12M and unveils self-service platform to help developers bring AI to devices

“AI for Everyone, Everywhere” may sound like a science-fiction slogan, but it’s actually the name given to software from XNOR.ai… Read More

May 5, 2018, 10:05 AM

FAIR competition? Facebook creates official AI labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, vying for top talent

After months of work to beef up its artificial intelligence research teams in Seattle and Pittsburgh, Facebook is acknowledging that… Read More

SmartLens
May 1, 2018, 11:20 AM

A smarter smartphone? Teen entrepreneur pictures new app SmartLens as a ‘Shazam for visual world’

Michael Royzen is at it again. The 18-year-old Seattle software developer and entrepreneur has created another company and today released… Read More

May 1, 2018, 6:00 AM

Meet the winners of Microsoft Ventures’ first global AI startup competition

Microsoft’s venture arm on Tuesday announced new startup investments as part of its inaugural Innovate.AI competition. Announced this past October… Read More

Apr 26, 2018, 10:51 AM

Secrets of the $500K Amazon Alexa Prize winner: Inside the Univ. of Washington’s ‘socialbot’

How long can a robot have an intelligent conversation with a human? That was the challenge posed to hundreds of… Read More

Elon Musk
Apr 13, 2018, 10:15 PM

Elon Musk admits that Tesla relied on ‘excessive automation,’ says ‘humans are underrated’

Tesla relied too much on robots, and not enough on humans. That’s what Elon Musk admitted on Friday, tweeting that… Read More

Apr 13, 2018, 5:07 PM

TLDR: Trump’s war on Amazon continues, Seattle’s restaurant robot, AI-powered horse monitoring, Seattle’s restaurant robot

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

CMU AI conference
Apr 10, 2018, 7:49 PM

Policy experts trade ideas for intelligent ways to regulate artificial intelligence

Regulations for the proper use of artificial intelligence are almost as inevitable as the rise of AI itself — but the… Read More

Eric Horvitz
Apr 9, 2018, 5:00 PM

Microsoft is turning down some sales over AI ethics, top researcher Eric Horvitz says

Concerns over the potential abuse of artificial intelligence technology have led Microsoft to cut off significant sales, says Eric Horvitz,… Read More

Elon Musk in "Do You Trust This Computer?"
Apr 6, 2018, 10:15 AM

Elon Musk touts scary movie about AI as an ‘immortal dictator’ – and it’s free!

If you want to get really scared about the future, you could see “A Quiet Place” this weekend at your… Read More

Apr 5, 2018, 8:46 AM

Suplari raises $10.3M, reveals AI platform that identifies cost savings in procurement process

Suplari is applying artificial intelligence technology to the software procurement process as a way to help companies save money and… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 10:26 AM

Smooth talker: Microsoft speech technology claims superior conversational abilities

Microsoft’s digital assistants and chatbots are getting a lot chattier. Microsoft today unveiled the ability for bots to have “session-oriented”… Read More

Apr 3, 2018, 8:18 AM

Can Microsoft get smarter? Inside the tech giant’s massive bet on AI

Microsoft has so far released its artificial intelligence technologies largely through its well-known software platforms, such as the Cortana voice… Read More

Apr 2, 2018, 10:58 AM

OECD report dials down the risk to jobs from automation – but it’s still daunting

A working paper written for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that about 14 percent of the jobs… Read More

Mar 29, 2018, 10:28 AM

Microsoft doubles down on artificial intelligence in engineering reorganization

Two key letters show up throughout Microsoft’s major reorganization announcement this morning: AI. Artificial intelligence will get even more emphasis as part… Read More

Mar 23, 2018, 10:45 AM

Facebook escalates AI talent wars, makes key hire from Paul Allen’s AI2 in push to grow Seattle team

Facebook has made a high-profile hire as part of a plan to expand its AI research team in Seattle —… Read More

Mar 22, 2018, 2:13 PM

‘Not fun’: Technology experts get real about automation’s impact on today’s jobs

It’s a thrilling time for technology, with innovations in artificial intelligence and robotics propelling society ever faster forward. But is… Read More

Cantwell and Young
Mar 20, 2018, 10:40 AM

Policymakers admit they need to get more intelligent about artificial intelligence

It’s high time for government officials to get up to speed on the promise and potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence,… Read More

Mar 14, 2018, 10:09 AM

Microsoft claims AI program just as good as human pros in Chinese to English translation

Microsoft says it has built the first machine that can translate parts of news stories from Chinese to English as… Read More

Musk brothers
Mar 11, 2018, 1:27 PM

Elon Musk Q&A: First Mars spaceship is being built, with flight tests set for 2019

SpaceX is building its first Mars transport vehicle, also known as the BFR, and “making good progress” toward short-hop test… Read More

Mar 7, 2018, 9:15 AM

Microsoft will open up AI and machine learning advances to third party developers in next major Windows 10 update

Artificial intelligence has become a primary area of focus at Microsoft, and that will be reflected in the next major… Read More

Mar 3, 2018, 7:30 AM

Week In Geek Podcast: Common sense for AI, Amazon vs. Google in smart-home security

It was a big week for AI. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced he’s putting $125 million towards a new initiative… Read More

AI common-sense problem
Feb 28, 2018, 3:07 PM

How Paul Allen’s plan to make AI more sensible aims to keep us humans safer

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s new $125 million initiative to give artificial intelligence programs more common sense has another goal that’s… Read More

Feb 15, 2018, 1:10 PM

I went one-on-one with Carnegie Mellon’s champion poker bot and did NOT get crushed

PITTSBURGH — In preparing for this story, I was all set to describe in detail how I had been soundly… Read More

Feb 9, 2018, 5:15 AM

The ethics of AI: Robots will rise, but will they rule us all?

PITTSBURGH — David Danks thinks a lot about the implications of artificial intelligence. In fact, the Carnegie Mellon University philosophy and… Read More

Feb 5, 2018, 2:02 PM

Meet the TrashBot: CleanRobotics is using machine learning to keep recycling from going to waste

PITTSBURGH — At a mall in Sydney, Australia, “the world’s first smart trash can” is fastidiously photographing, weighing, and sorting… Read More

Feb 2, 2018, 7:51 AM

After raising $93M, Pittsburgh’s Petuum aims to hire 120 people this year in quest to be the ‘VMware of AI’

PITTSBURGH — Petuum moved into its new office 10 months ago. Now, the early-stage startup is already planning to expand into… Read More

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